Changes in late-Neoglacial perennial snow/ice extent and equilibrium-line altitudes in the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Wolken, Gabriel J., England, John H., Dyke, Arthur S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Ela; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683608089215; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683608089215

Changes in late Neoglaical climate resulted in extensive modification of Arctic terrestrial ice cover. A substantial reduction in terrestrial ice cover in the Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI) following the `Little Ice Age' (LIA) (~AD 1250—1900), is indicated by widespread, light-toned patches of p...